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Leon, I have xp on my desktop and run avast free antivirus and never install updates (except the antivirus) updates always seem to screw something up so I just run the software as is and all is good. I know the xp interface and dont wish to change.
Yeah, good idea from Matt, brush out all the vents, fans and heatsinks with something like a 1" paintbrush. Then fire it up with the cover off and check that all the fans are working.
Use a non synthetic brush (you don't want static electricity) and a vacuum cleaner
Bad ram will let a computer still run but can have some bad side effects too, especially randomly rebooting the system.
Rick
Last edited by doppler; 18-02-2014 at 11:49 PM.
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